WXDA Record #525
No title.
21 January 1786
Summary
"Mad. D'Eon has lately been the object of" Beaumarchais's "love and addresses". Not caring to be subordinated in marriage, "the indignant Amazon" scared him off by suggesting "corporeal punishment on her offending husband."
Full Title
21 Jan 1786. No title. Times p. 3 c. A.
Publication
Times of London(Times)
Full Record
- Date
- 21 January 1786
- Provisional Category
- Woman Warrior
- Cross-dressing activity
- Gender transition
- Primary source topic
- Amazon/Amazonian
- Item format
- News report; Anecdote
- Social rank
- Aristocrat
- Gender Manifestation
- "The masculine complexion of this Lady's habits prevented her for some time from understanding the drift of his assiduity and attention"
- Sex Perceived by Others
- Female
- Sex Perceived by Recorder
- Female
- Report Scope
- Central
- Alternate Names / Titles
- Universal Register. London.
- Column(s)
- A
- Page Numbers
- 3
People Mentioned in This Record
- D'Eon(Subject of study)Mentions